UTSA Falls Quick Towards Texas State, 43-36

SAN ANTONIO — Beau Sparks hauled in a 65-yard landing go from Brad Jackson halfway by means of the fourth quarter, and Texas State held off UTSA 43-36 on Saturday on the Alamodome, snapping the Roadrunners’ 10-game house successful streak.

Sparks completed with 155 yards on 5 receptions, together with the decisive rating simply 14 seconds after UTSA had tied the sport on Robert Henry’s 30-yard landing run and two-point conversion. Jackson handed for 286 yards and a landing and added two brief scoring runs, whereas Lincoln Pare and Jaydon Jenkins every had dashing touchdowns for the Bobcats (2-0).

UTSA (0-2) piled up 497 whole yards, led by Henry’s 159 dashing yards, two dashing touchdowns and a 4-yard landing catch from Owen McCown. McCown accomplished 23 of 43 passes for 219 yards with two scores.

Texas State trailed briefly within the third quarter however regained the lead on Jenkins’ 17-yard run and Tyler Robles’ 38-yard subject objective. Jackson’s 6-yard landing within the fourth put the Bobcats up 36-28 earlier than Henry’s tying run.

The Roadrunners had one final probability, however turned it over on downs close to midfield with 1:28 left. Texas State outgained UTSA 454-497 however averaged practically seven yards per play and transformed 5 of 5 red-zone journeys.

Defensively, Shad Banks Jr. had an interception for UTSA, whereas Ryan Nolan led the Bobcats with 11 tackles.